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KUALA LUMPURThe Ministry of Health does not yet know how much its contingency spending will be in the event of an unexpected increase in new Covid-19 cases, its Deputy Minister Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang told Dewan Rakyat today.
He said this was because the ministry had already exhausted its previous allocation.
“The ministry does not have the contingency expenditure estimate yet, but as it stands, the allocation given is RM1 billion which we have exceeded as we have spent around RM1.2 billion,” Dagang said in response to a question from Wan Hassan Mohd Ramli (PAS-Dungun).
Wan Hassan had asked if the ministry has an estimate of contingency expenses in case there is an exponential increase in new Covid-19 cases.
In March, the government announced an additional allocation of RM1 billion to the Ministry of Health as part of the Prihatin Rakyat Economic Stimulus Package.
Last month, Health Minister Datuk Seri, Dr. Adham Baba, said that his ministry has spent RM1.075 billion of a special Covid-19 allocation in addition to its existing allocations to manage the pandemic.
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